A bond forfeiture hearing for former El Paso County Judge Anthony Cobos, who remains in jail for allegedly defrauding a Chaparral, N.M. couple, has been rescheduled for next month, officials said today.

Cobos' hearing was originally scheduled for today but it was pushed back to July 15, court officials said. No reason was given as to why the hearing was rescheduled.

The hearing was requested by federal prosecutors who asked the judge for a $50,000 forfeiture against Cobos, the El Paso Times reported. Cobos' attorney David Botsford argued against the forfeiture due to Cobos' current financial situation. Cobos and his wife are $1 million dollars in debt and owe more than $315,000 in legal fees, according to a bankruptcy filing.

Cobos, 46, was arrested on Jan. 31 on suspicion of fraud. He allegedly quit making mortgage payments on a home he owns in Chaparral, despite receiving rent money for more than a year from the home's residents.

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According to court documents, prosecutors want Cobos bond revoked in the public corruption case, because he allegedly violated the terms of his bond agreement by committing fraud in New Mexico. Cobos was sentenced to four years in prison in the public corruption case in January after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and deprivation of honest services in 2013.

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